Steve Hill is the Group Executive, People and Workplace Environment at First State Super. First State Super is one of Australia’s largest profit-for-member super funds with over $95bn of funds under management and 1,100 employees.

Steve leads a team of HR and property professionals who support First State Super’s business objective to attract, retain and develop the best people, and to provide the best workplace environment for their employees to support their ‘Members First’ philosophy.

As a member of First State Super’s Executive Team he is responsible for all areas of human resources including HR advisory and operations, organisational development and remuneration & benefits. He also leads the Workplace Environment team.

Steve joined First State Super in 2013 following an extensive career in the UK and Asia Pacific region. He has worked in senior HR roles for organisations including PricewaterhouseCoopers, ANZ Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank and Qantas.

Josh is the Founder and CEO of Manning Asset Management, a specialist private debt fund manager whose sole focus is the delivery of superior investor outcomes. Established in 2015, Manning Asset Management includes a six person investment team with over 120 years of collective credit, legal, debt markets, risk and investment management experience. Prior to founding Manning Asset Management, Josh worked with JANA Investment Advisors, one of Australia’s largest Asset Consultants and advisor to many of Australia’s largest institutional investors. Josh worked with a range of both industry and retail superannuation funds along with various institutional clients who outsourced their investment management to JANA.

Prior to joining JANA Investment Advisors, Josh worked at Macquarie Bank leading a team of professionals responsible for originating equity and structured products. Josh has extensive experience in originating and managing complex investment products on behalf of clients, many of which have an underlying lending component. Josh is also active in the superannuation industry as a member of the ASFA NSW State Executive Committee.

Josh has an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, a Bachelor of Business from Macquarie University, and qualified as an Accredited Derivatives Advisor.